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there is no way to get a defense bill passed. there is no way we can bring back the bill that was on the senate floor. consider amendments. pass a bill. go to conference with the house. adaptedonference report by the house of representatives before friday. under the circumstances the only way that we will be able to pass the defense bill is by reaching agreement with our house counterparts on a bill that has a chance of getting past without amendment in both houses. that is the best hope that we have. it has happened a couple times before. it is not the way we desire to legislate. we would have much more than a week to offer amendments. that is not the world we now live in. we have troops in harms way. all these other provisions that are critical for security. authorities will expire. and: that was senator levin the senate talking about the deal that was announced yesterday. we are joined by congressman john garamendi, a member of the house armed services committee. saw this deal as a place to push for new sanctions on iran. do y
there is no way to get a defense bill passed. there is no way we can bring back the bill that was on the senate floor. consider amendments. pass a bill. go to conference with the house. adaptedonference report by the house of representatives before friday. under the circumstances the only way that we will be able to pass the defense bill is by reaching agreement with our house counterparts on a bill that has a chance of getting past without amendment in both houses. that is the best hope that...
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it would give defense more money than was anticipated. defense would suffer some sequester. this deal does not involve extending unemployment insurance and new revenue. yourwondering if you in caucus over there, whether or not you would be willing to support such a heel for defense, even if it did not include revenue, even if it did not include money for extending unemployment insurance. >> is not an insignificant increase because the sequestration levels for all discretionary is 957 billion. if you get it up to trillion -- 43 million that is a increase -- 43 billion increase. while it is not exactly something i would want, it is certainly better than living under government shutdowns in acr. presented adamor smith on our newsmakers program tomorrow at 10:00 and 6:00. you can also see it on our website. the secretary of state john kerry is speaking this afternoon in washington dc at the brookings institution, talking about issues related to the middle east. you can see that live today at four clock. to addressbama set the same crowd earlier in the afternoon. go to our websit
it would give defense more money than was anticipated. defense would suffer some sequester. this deal does not involve extending unemployment insurance and new revenue. yourwondering if you in caucus over there, whether or not you would be willing to support such a heel for defense, even if it did not include revenue, even if it did not include money for extending unemployment insurance. >> is not an insignificant increase because the sequestration levels for all discretionary is 957...
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we do not know why the chinese took the opportunity to declare this air defense some. my own view is china believes it now has strength that entitles it to the same privileges as the united states, and it is going to assert them. i think there is thought in beijing the united states is distracted and preoccupied with foreign problems and domestic problems, that now is the time to move. that might be one reason. chineser might be the wanted to assert their claim over these islands or strengthen that claim. i think that is true. the secretary also mentioned military to military relations. i think it is true u.s.-china military to military relations in the last year has greatly improved. we recently had a humanitarian joint military exercise near which represented a significant step forward in our bilateral military to military relations. underneath, i am not as confident as i would like to be. around the pla looks world and says, where might we get into a major power conflict and who would be the adversary? the united states is probably the answer in most cases. when the
we do not know why the chinese took the opportunity to declare this air defense some. my own view is china believes it now has strength that entitles it to the same privileges as the united states, and it is going to assert them. i think there is thought in beijing the united states is distracted and preoccupied with foreign problems and domestic problems, that now is the time to move. that might be one reason. chineser might be the wanted to assert their claim over these islands or strengthen...
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that is the amount of cuts to the defense budget for the sequester. it is just initial discussions. at the end of the day obama care is not working well. the website will eventually get up and running at the end of the day. those kind of problems will continue no matter what happens on the budget discussion. our other republicans of your mindset or with many of them tried to do what we saw a few months ago? guest: the sequester is the big issue. that was small budget costs -- what it cuts. -- budget cuts. if we can maintain those cuts, that is a step in the right direction and if we can do something about rolling back obama care, we will see some progress. there are enrollment error stories, talking about the number signing up. what are your concerns on the technical aspect of the website? guest: it is not a failed website, it is a failed health care approach. can washington improve our health care system? they are welcome to. are the white house as they operating with free-market efficiency, i think he admitted that maybe the government should not be running this hold health care s
that is the amount of cuts to the defense budget for the sequester. it is just initial discussions. at the end of the day obama care is not working well. the website will eventually get up and running at the end of the day. those kind of problems will continue no matter what happens on the budget discussion. our other republicans of your mindset or with many of them tried to do what we saw a few months ago? guest: the sequester is the big issue. that was small budget costs -- what it cuts. --...